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School

University of Maryland

Department

Geographical Sciences

Course

GEOG 202

Professor

Joanna Groger

Semester

Spring

Description

2/25/14 8:49 AM
Exam #1 Review
Module 1: Introduction to Human geography lectures
Geography- the study of earth’s surfaces- bridge between social sciences and
natural sciences
How geographers think? They think spatially, not in isolation. They observe
relative locations, distribution patterns and think in relationships.
Human geography- study of people and places - how we fill spaces, how we make
places, how we organize space and society, how we int eract with each other in
places, how we make sense of them
Physical geography
Questions human geographers ask and try to answer.
Who?
What impact?
Why?
Where?
Human geography background
5 themes (prepare examples)
Location
Relative vs. absolute location
Place
Place making
Sense of place
Human and environment interaction (prepare examples)
Human impacts to marine ecosystems
Region
Formal vs. functional region
movement
Spatial (in space) and scale (the way we frame the world)
Temporal (in time)
Techniques and tools geographers use (GIS, GPS, remote sensing, online mapping)
Basics of human geography (know all 5) Rachel Carson and DDT
Is earth one system?
Geographers study all aspects of social and physical systems through the lens of
individual
This is what distinguishes us from physical geographers
Module 2: Global climate change lectures
Human geographers strive to look at the total of the interrelationships of global
climate change.
What does this mean?
The science
Scientific vs. internationa l debate
The reality
Consequences
Climate debt
Why a controversial concept?
The politics
Major debate-international agreements?
Who is to blame?
Developed, developing, and underdeveloped countries.
Mitigation and adaptation
IPCC-intergovernmental panel on climate change
General overview
Pew center on global climate change
Global